Starting a new diet is among the most common of New Year’s resolutions; it’s also a good time for writers to consider a diet of new words. This occurred to me while reading a recent newspaper piece by a nationally…
Author: Eric F. Frazier
Eric F. Frazier is an independent writer, editor, book reviewer and co-author of GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones.
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The movie Her raises interesting questions about the future of relationships between humans and artificial intelligence, as well as the direction of movies in the same genre. For example, many people must carry a separate employer-provided business phone in addition…
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Fashion Forward: What Drives Wearable Tech
“Data will not help you if you can’t see it when you need it.” –Bill Wasik’s lead in a Wired Magazine article titled “Why Wearable Tech Will Be as Big as the Smartphone.“ Find this content useful? Share it with…
Happy Christmas and Merry New Year!
My preoccupation with the vagaries of language sent me searching this morning for the reason we say “Merry Christmas.” After all, we use the word happy to convey our best wishes for most other holidays, including the New Year, Easter,…
GPS Turns 40: Test Your Knowledge with a Quiz
December 2013 brought two important anniversaries for GPS, a technology that has changed the world, yet both milestones have gone unnoticed in the media. The Pentagon authorized GPS development 40 years ago on Dec. 17, 1973. If GPS were a…
Power of Persuasion…
“A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.” –Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) Find this content useful? Share it with your friends!
Tracking Baby Jesus
One of the oddest uses of GPS tracking I found while doing research for the book, GPS Declassified, was the case of a community center in Wellington, Florida, that used it to catch a thief who stole baby Jesus from…
Big(ger) Government
Conservative Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has found an issue on which he favors bigger government–or at least taller government. Issa, who chairs the House committee that oversees the District of Columbia, wants to relax the Height Act of 1910, which…
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